"imo"

In poker chat, whether it be on a site, or in a forum, I keep seeing "imo". Sometimes, it seems fitting, but it seems like the new "lol" or something. Many times, if you substitute the words "in my opinion", it doesn't even make sense to finish or begin the particular sentence. Also, if someone is expressing theyr feelings toward a particular subject or circumstance, don't we know it is their opinion? After all, this person is the one making the statement...It seems like this is a new poker fad and is being wayyy overused "imo".

poker fad? Mostly I just use it in matters of opinion, like if I think a certain hand should have been played one way, but obviously there are other ways to play it and that is just my opinion I may use it. I see it used way more in political discussions than poker.

idk what ur talkin bout imo

I use it for an acronym for "I aM Owesome after I win a pot."

im still trying to figure out what the FYP means

wayschaff said:

im still trying to figure out what the FYP means

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FYP = Fixed Your Post

van is the king of "imo" and "afaik"
i think FYP stands for Fixed Your Post
i can think of a lot more acronyms that are being overused

p.s why is this in poker general forum?

also p.s. stands for "poopsex"

pantin is the king of that

i noticed the same thing.

i cant tell you how many times ive seen people chatting and they end the phrase with "imo". half the time it makes absolutely no sense

IDK what u mean when u use it, but it IS an acronym for in my opinion, afaik; of course, ymmv.

Infamous1020 said:

i cant tell you how many times ive seen people chatting and they end the phrase with "imo". half the time it makes absolutely no sense

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but what is "sense" really but an artificial construct in the guise of an empirical truth imo

vanquish said:

also p.s. stands for "poopsex"

pantin is the king of that

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One of your best ever Vanq.....imo.

The idea of using imo is that there may be more than one opinion, as in my above reply to Mr Vanquish, imo it is his best ever comeback, but to someone else it may not be his best.
imo this is nothing to get worked up about. But that is just, imho.

Acronyms like lol, roflmao, fyi, fwit, imo, imho, etc were in use long before poker chat rooms and have found instant acceptance and extensive usage in 'texting'. All the abbreviations currently used were also used before the days of websites when early computer users (like me) were only able to get 'online' thru use of message boards and bulletin boards.

Early systems were also very expensive to log into and were 'dial-up' based, so time was critical and abbreviations helped keep typing time to a minimum.

'imo' may be overused, or is just that there are more people online daily? There are growing numbers of computer users daily and seldom do we see people giving up the internet or their computers. The difference, as I see it (or.... imo ;-) is that it is a qualifying statement. As Zach noted, there are questions that could have multiple answers and the 'imo' just clarifies that the response from that person is just 'one opinion', not a locked in unquestionable reply.

IMO brings the LOLZ, IMO

what the hell is imo, imho, fyi, fwit, roflmao, man i just type normal, that lol, thing was so damn hard to figure, I felt like an idiot asking what lol, meant

just silly, imo

You forgot to mention "TBH".

or qft

or ROFLMFAO, which I'm tempted to do.

[X] Thread delivers on Intertron cliches

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Ok while this thread is going can someone pls tell me what these mean-

QFT

FWIW

AFPIK

Mr McCluskey said:

QFT

FWIW

AFPIK

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"quoted for truth" or perhaps "quite ****ing true" depending on who you talk to imo

"for what it's worth" imo

umm i dunno unless you mean afaik which is "as far as i know" imo

vanquish said:

idk what ur talkin bout imo

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lol imo lol

:toilet: I'm:albertein this thread needs more emoticons, imho :banghead:

We need a sticky with an abbreviations dictionary.